The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Stokes & Elliott Stokes finished 631st of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:12:53.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 34% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:02. The race faded late: the second half went 2:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:50 faster than the average race this season, by 1,853 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 5:22v median −0:04
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Block 02 5:59Running 2 4:21v median −0:13
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Block 03 7:50Running 3 4:39v median −0:13
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Block 04 7:52Running 4 4:48v median −0:06
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 4:53v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 4:53v median −0:02
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 4:53v median −0:02
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Block 08 10:31Running 8 4:59v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:05
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1177
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,177 men's teams who finished.